10 Things to Know for Today

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, Dutch Queen Beatrix formally opens the new parliamentary year with a speech in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Queen Beatrix announced she is to abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Willem Alexander during a nationally televised speech Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Beatrix, who turns 75 on Thursday, has ruled the nation of 16 million for more than 32 years and would be succeeded by her eldest son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander. (AP Photo/Toussaint Kluiters, Pool, File)

Ines Fernandes da Silveira, aunt of victim Taise Carolina Vinhas da Silveira, 27, cries in front the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. All the elements were in place for the tragedy at the Kiss nightclub early Sunday. The result was the world's worst fire of its kind in more than a decade, with 231 people dead and this southern Brazilian college town in shock and mourning. (AP Photo/Nabor Goulart)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. SAFETY PROBLEMS AT SITE OF DEADLY BRAZIL FIRE

The nightclub had no fire alarm, no sprinklers, no fire escape -- and just one exit.

2. OBAMA TO PUSH IMMIGRATION OVERHAUL

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The president will try to drum up support for proposals to give illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship at a speech in Vegas.

3. BOY SCOUTS POISED TO REVOKE NO-GAYS POLICY

Individual Scout units would be able to decide for themselves whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders.

4. HOW NORTH KOREA COULD CONDUCT A NUCLEAR TEST WITHOUT DETECTION

Satellite images show a mountainside tunnel could be sealed for an underground explosion.

5. TIMBUKTU UNDER MALI'S CONTROL

The fabled desert city was held overnight after the retreat of Islamist extremists who first burned a library of thousands of ancient manuscripts.

6. US PROTESTS AS IRAN PUTS A MONKEY INTO SPACE

The State Department says the mission is "directly relevant" to long-range ballistic missile development.

7. TRANSPLANT SURGERY FOR SOLDIER WHO LOST FOUR LIMBS

Brendan Marrocco will speak later today about his double-arm transplant.

8. WHY THE DUTCH QUEEN IS ABDICATING THE THRONE

Beatrix is ending her reign after 33 years to pass the crown to her eldest son, Willem-Alexander.

9. HOW TO HAVE A FUNERAL FOR A CADAVER

At an Indiana medical school, relatives attend memorials around the flower-covered tables where their loved ones were dissected.

10. FROM KATRINA TO THE SUPER BOWL

New Orleans hosts its first Super Bowl in 11 years and gives football fans a look at its comeback from the 2005 storm that left it in shambles.